[Paraview] legacy of vtk files & command line

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Hi Mario

> 1) I would like to open a legacy of vtk files (example.1.vtk, 
> example.2.vtk, ..., example.n.vtk) using the command line. However if I 
> type:
> paraview --data=example.1.vtk
> Paraview does not automatically recognizes all the other files. I also 
> tried
> paraview --data=example...vtk
> Does anyone knows how to do this?
That's not possible currently. It has been captured in the bug
http://www.paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=5988

> 2) If change vtk file, is it possible to reload the data without losing 
> all the sittings?
This is currently only supported for exodus files. For all other types 
of files, you can open the file again and then reconnect all the filters 
connected to this new reader.

Utkarsh